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Series
Very short introductions volume 531
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Freemasonry is one of the oldest and most widespread voluntary organisations in the world. Over the course of three centuries men (and women) have organized themselves socially and voluntarily under its name. With a strong sense of liberation, moral enlightenment, cosmopolitan openness and forward-looking philanthropy, freemasonry has attracted some of the sharpest minds in history and has created a strong platform for nascent civil societies across
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Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Freemasonry is one of the oldest and most widespread voluntary organisations in the world. Over the course of three centuries men (and women) have organized themselves socially and voluntarily under its name. With a strong sense of liberation, moral enlightenment, cosmopolitan openness and forward-looking philanthropy, freemasonry has attracted some of the sharpest minds in history and has created a strong platform for nascent civil societies across...
6) Freemasons
Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"All the myths and rumors about Masonic organizations probably have you wondering 'what do Masons really do?' Questions like this one are a natural by-product of being the oldest and largest 'secret society' in the world. This book is an ideal starting place to find answers to your questions about the secret and not-so-secret things about Freemasonry. Now in its third edition, this international best-seller peeks behind the door of your local Masonic...
7) The Italians
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
Description
How can a nation that spawned the Renaissance have produced the Mafia? How could people concerned with bella figura (keeping up appearances) have elected Silvio Berlusconi as their leader, not once, but three times? Sublime and maddening, fascinating yet baffling, Italy is a country of seemingly unsolvable riddles. John Hooper's entertaining and perceptive new book is the ideal companion for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Italy and the...
10) The dark side of the enlightenment: wizards, alchemists, and spiritual seekers in the Age of Reason
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In The Dark Side of the Enlightenment John V. Fleming shows how the impulses of the European Enlightenment generally associated with great strides in the liberation of human thought from superstition and traditional religion were challenged by tenacious religious ideas or channeled into the darker pursuits of the esoteric and the occult. His topics include the stubborn survival of the miraculous the Enlightenment roles of Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry...
11) Secrets of the Lost Symbol: the unauthorized guide to the mysteries behind the Da Vinci Code sequel
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Dan Burstein and Arne de Keijzer delve into the real history, science, and hidden meanings behind Dan Brown's latest novel, The Lost Symbol. As in their previous books, they explore the themes, conspiracies, mythologies, codes, encrypted signs, and alternate histories--from the birth of Knights Templar to the present day--popularized by the acclaimed creator of The Da Vinci Code, giving them fresh relevance while separating truth from fantasy.--From...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a struggle between old power hierarchies and new social networks. Most history is hierarchical: it's about popes, presidents, prime ministers and other potentates. It's about states, armies and corporations. It's about orders from on high. But what if that's simply because hierarchical institutions create the archives that historians rely on?...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"During the Scottish Reformation, when kings, princes, and popes were being toppled from their thrones, a new and secretive society was formed. The Freemasonry's fixed rules, suggesting a connection to an ancient wisdom and known only to its initiates, attracted many antagonists, including the Roman Catholic Church, but also attracted a diverse range of members, from tradesman, merchants, actors, lawyers, Jews, and even people of color. The Craft...
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